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District of Meghalaya in India
East Jaintia Hills district Pait Wah
District of Meghalaya
Lukha RiverLukha River
Location in MeghalayaLocation in Meghalaya
East Jaintia Hills district
Country India
StateMeghalaya
HeadquartersKhliehriat
Government
 • Vidhan Sabha constituencies3
Area
 • Total2,040 km (790 sq mi)
Population
 • Total122,939
 • Density60/km (160/sq mi)
Demographics
 • Literacy53%
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Major highwaysNH-6
Websiteeastjaintiahills.gov.in

East Jaintia Hills district is a district with its headquarters at Khliehriat in Meghalaya state of India. The district was carved out of Jaintia Hills district on 31 July 2012.

Khliehriat and Saipung are the two community and rural development (C&RD) blocks of the district.

History

East Jaintia Hills District was carved out of the erstwhile Jaintia Hills District on 31 July 2012. Khliehriat, the district headquarters, was created as an administrative unit on August 14, 1976, and was upgraded to a civil sub division on May 27, 1982, before finally becoming the district headquarters.

Geography

The total area of the district is 2,115 km (817 sq mi). The district comprises 2 C&RD, viz. Khliehriat C&RD block, and Saipung C&RD block with the following boundaries:

Divisions

East Jaintia Hills district is divided into two blocks, namely:

Name Headquarters Population Location
Khliehriat Khliehriat
Saipung Saipung

Demographics

Religion in East Jaintia Hills (2011)
Religions
Christians   72.32%
Others*   24.60%
Hindus   2.37%
Other or not stated   0.71%
*Animists and ethnic religions

Mainly inhabited by the Pnar (also known as Jaintia), Khynriam and the Biates, East Jaintia Hills has a population of 1,22,939. Scheduled Tribes make up 118,158 (96.11%) of the population.

Languages of East Jaintia Hills district (2011)

  Pnar (81.39%)  Biate (9.04%)  Khasi (6.30%)  War (3.16%)  Others (0.11%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 81.39% of the population spoke Pnar, 9.04% Biate, 6.30% Khasi and 3.16% War as their first language.

References

  1. "East Jaintia Hills".
  2. "The Sentinel". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  3. Meghalaya Administrative Divisions (PDF) (Map). The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India, New Delhi, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
  4. "Population by Religion - Meghalaya". censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015.
  5. "District Census Meghalaya - Jaintia Hills" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 November 2016.
  6. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue

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State of Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong
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